High Rise are the closest. Seems like they were a primary influence on CoF.
I like about 65% of Avatar in a huge way, but the 70s AOR dusty desert ballad classic rock type stuff on this album doesn't do it for me at all. Still, the good stuff more than outweighs the stuff that is not to my taste on this album. I love all their other stuff 100%.
As for 6 organs, I like Dust and Chimes, Dark Noontide and The Sun Awakens the best. Totally different though; mystical acoustic stuff.
Comets On Fire totally slay live.
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